So good news and bad news today. The good news is that the workout went well today. I did 12 x 200m on the indoor track, 50 sec rests and 31.0 average. I met a guy named Braden who is also trying to walk on to the track team for 400m hurdles, and he ran several of them with me. He's got a lot of speed, it helped to have him there. I told him about the blog, maybe we'll see him soon.
So.... the bad news. A few weeks ago I rolled my ankle a little, not really bad, but it's been a minor pain that has been persisting. But today, after the 200s, I headed out on a 10 miler and the twinge that I've been feeling there was wrapping itself around the back of my ankle. If I had been smart, I would have cut the run short, but my prideful self was like, "Nah, this is nothing." By mile 9 it suddenly turned into a solid pain in the back of my ankle, so I stopped, cried about it a little, and rubbed some snow on it for awhile. The snow helped a lot, but I walked the rest of the way home. I'm thinking it would be good to take tomorrow off, maybe do some swimming, but just let it rest.
Anyway, it's a little frustrating, but I think it's a short-term thing -- with any luck it won't affect my training too much.
200s:
Reps 1-7 (31.1 - 31.8), Reps 8-11 (30.2 - 30.7), Rep 12 (29.8) I just noticed I've got just over 400 miles for the year! Yea!
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